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Each letter is created from molten metal on the typesetting machine as the type setter presses keys. That's not something you see every day!
by mmcconnell1618 16y ago
Each letter is created from molten metal on the typesetting machine as the type setter presses keys. That's not something you see every day!
- StavrosK 16y agoWhat happens if he makes a mistake, though? He can't really see what letter he pressed, can he?
- jwcacces 16y agoHe can pop that line out and replace it
- StavrosK 16y agoYes, but how does he know? Surely he must see the result before it goes off to the next stage, but in the video it looks like he has no feedback of what he typed.
- burgerbrain 16y agoI often catch myself making typos while not able to see what I'm typing (really really laggy ssh sessions). If it's this guy's job to sit there and type all day, I imagine he'd get pretty good at doing that.
- StavrosK 16y agoSure, but that's far from the 99.9% accuracy of books, so it doesn't explain it. He must have some sort of feedback mechanism not shown there, and it looks like it's all analog...